Katharine,
There are billions of gum acacia trees in Australia so I dont think we have
to worry just yet. And then there is of course also eggs, but that is
another story.
Best wishes
Pete
> kateb@paradise.net.nz wrote:
>>
>> This may sound silly but there may be a world shortage of gum acacia which I
>> think is the most suitable one for our purposes - Elephants have decimated
>> this
>> species. There are several different types of gum that originate from
>> different
>> species of trees, also the way the gum is refined differs from place to
>> place.
>
>
> I read something years ago, I don't remember where, that said that the
> lithographer's gum isn't gum acacia but is some other kind of sap, which
> would certainly explain its having different properties. The thought of
> gum acacia disappearing from the planet is not a happy thought!
> kt
Received on Thu Nov 6 04:35:29 2003
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